"All my data is gone"

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25 June 2021, 06:50 PM

wtg

"All my data is gone"

quote:
“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP.

https://arstechnica.com/gadget...rom-western-digital/

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25 June 2021, 07:25 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
So far, there are no reports of deleted data later being restored.

I don't use this kind of storage, but ugh, this is my worst nightmare. (If I lost all of my research data...)

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25 June 2021, 08:10 PM

BeeLady

Off site, unconnected..backup backup backup.

Just sayin'.

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25 June 2021, 09:00 PM

RealPlayer

I have an external Hard Drive connected by USB, constantly doing backups (though not through the system described.) Should I disconnect it so that backups are only occasional at my discretion?

This is a response to general hacking, not just this situation.

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25 June 2021, 09:41 PM

Steve Miller

Next up - Bitcoin!

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25 June 2021, 10:09 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Next up - Bitcoin!

Indeed!!

I have my data in cloud and physical storage/back-up so I should be ok. But you can’t be too careful!!

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26 June 2021, 06:19 AM

Axtremus

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Next up - Bitcoin!

Different architecture. Bitcoin block chains are distributed across a multitude of systems across the Internet; the last estimate I saw says 83,000 nodes. Someone has to delete all 83,000 copies scattered across the Internet or take more subtle control over a little over half of them to alter Bitcoin’s distributed ledger.

26 June 2021, 02:31 PM

Steve Miller

Which is not to say that a couple of them couldn't be hacked (it's happened before) such that a lot of people lose a whole lot of money.

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26 June 2021, 03:15 PM

QuirtEvans

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Which is not to say that a couple of them couldn't be hacked (it's happened before) such that a lot of people lose a whole lot of money.

Indeed.

There was a recent Bitcoin scam that I think involved $3 billion, with a B.

I do some blockchain work so this is of more than casual interest to me.